Job Summary
Interest and applications are sought from senior nurses with a professional, motivated approach and experience of leading a large team. Experience in Endoscopy is desirable but not essential to the role, however a genuine commitment and drive for endoscopy service development is essential. Experience of leading a team in a theatre, day case, ambulatory or procedural setting would also be beneficial.
Main Duties
The Matron will be accountable for the clinical operation and quality of the service, working with the close engagement of our supportive consultant body, and the Gastroenterology Care Group Triumvirate Team. Ensuring compliance and commitment to the JAG accreditation process and providing clinical leadership to ensure high quality endoscopy practice and nursing care are key to this exciting role.
The Matron will also hold budgetary responsibility of the area as part of ensuring efficiency and productivity of the Endoscopy department.
Additional responsibility includes working on the clinical manager on call rota, to develop as a senior nurse within the wider hospital and as part of the wider senior medicine nursing team in Medicine.
Job Responsibilities
Support the senior leadership team by ensuring that optimum quality of care and clinical excellence is achieved and maintained by working collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical teams, patients, patient representatives, relatives and carers.
Provide strong clinical leadership on the quality of care provided, and cleanliness of the environment.
Role model a quality driven, caring and compassionate leadership style, upholding the standards and values of the nursing profession at all times.
Ensure that operational plans and performance are closely managed, by proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues.
Deal competently with difficult issues ensuring that policy is implemented and performance managed on behalf of the senior leadership team.
Implement patient centred clinical and nursing operational strategy and plans, ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements, including linking with external bodies when required, utilising the expertise and skills of the wider Divisional team.
Contribute to strategic direction and policy setting for the Division, forming an essential two way communications link between the Care Group and staff in departments ensuring that key messages, team brief etc. are shared and discussed, demonstrating a coaching style of leadership, ensuring that clinical, staff and stakeholder engagement is in place, and action taken to address issues.
Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential)
* Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level or equivalent
* Post‑graduate/registration Management or Training qualification /equivalent
Experience (Essential)
* Demonstrable experience as a clinical manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets and quality standards within strict financial controls.
Knowledge (Essential)
* Understanding and appreciation of diversity
* Key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on nursing/clinical professional service.
Desirable Knowledge
* Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution
* Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
* Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
Skills (Essential)
* Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and in developing high performing teams
* A high level of communication skills, including mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching, using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts.
* Solve difficult problems, using a solution focused approach demonstrating competent persuasive and influencing skills
* Analyse data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales.
* Competently implement business plans, business cases and project plans in order to deliver the clinical service strategy for the area.
* Coordinate area day to day clinical operational activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
* Implement policy and implementation plans to deliver the clinical strategy and plans ensuring successful implementation
* Demonstrate competent project management skills
* Cope with competing priorities and a demanding workload
* Deal with uncertainty in a political environment
* Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations day to day.
Desirable Skills
* Research information and use audit skills to apply findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans.
* IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
* Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working in meeting patient care and service needs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship and UK Registration
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Contact
Assistant Director of Nursing: Lesley Taylor
Email: lesley.taylor@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Phone: 01515 290335
Job Details
* Band: Band 8a
* Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full‑time
* Posted: 02 June 2026
* Reference number: 287‑AMED‑173‑26
* Location: Aintree, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
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